Monthly Archives: March, 2007

FCC set to rule on wireless broadband classification

The Federal Communications Commission is expected to rule next week that wireless broadband is an information service, a move that would put wireless Internet...

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Huawei, Alvarion, Nokia

The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country...

Financial ratings wrap-up: Motorola, Brightpoint, Qualcomm

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Handset and infrastructure vendors CIBC...

Nokia Siemens Networks to go live April 1

The infrastructure market will see another combined entity step onto the playing field April 1, the date Nokia Siemens Networks announced it will formally...

TiVo Mobile hits Verizon Wireless after months of delay

A year after the companies first announced their plans for the offering, Verizon Wireless and TiVo said the TiVo Mobile application for BREW-capable cellphones...

Ericsson acquires Mobeon with eye on IP-based messaging

L.M. Ericsson, the world's largest equipment manufacturer, announced it will acquire Mobeon AB, which produces an IP-based voicemail system called Messaging over IP (MoIP)....

Mobifusion nets $3.1M

Mobile media company Mobifusion Inc. said it picked up $3.1 million in its first round of venture funding.Mobifusion targets carriers and publishers with a...

Tom Online shows loss

Chinese mobile content behemoth Tom Online blamed policy changes by China Mobile as it posted a fourth-quarter loss of a half million dollars.The Nasdaq-listed...

Higher revenues, net adds can’t stem losses at iPCS

Sprint Nextel Corp. PCS affiliate iPCS Inc. reported increased revenues and net customer additions for the fourth quarter of 2006, but still recorded an...

Worst of the Week: NASCAR Fever

Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so...

Microsoft acquires Tellme for voice services

Software giant Microsoft Corp. announced it acquired voice-services company Tellme Networks Inc., which offers a variety of speech-recognition services for cellphones and other platforms....

Sony exec: DRM should be ‘invisible’

HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Digital rights management is an inevitable byproduct of the capabilies consumers now have to store and stream large amounts of information, but for...

uLocate to speed content development with ‘widgets’

Location-based developer uLocate Communications Inc. is hoping to help even the smallest publishers get attention with a new application from Sprint Nextel Corp.The Framingham,...

SkyPilot expands wireless mesh offering

SkyPilot Networks, which provides broadband wireless mesh network equipment, launched its SkyAccess DualBand product, a dual-radio product the company said complements its existing citywide...

Ericsson announces support for EDGE Evolution standard

L.M. Ericsson announced it will support the recently approved EDGE Evolution network standard, which the company said can support data speeds of up to...

Sprint Nextel pushes WiMAX, Rev. A deployments

Sprint Nextel Corp. and Nokia Corp. are partnering to launch the carrier's mobile WiMAX network in four Texas markets to provide customers with wireless...

LG to host national text-off contest

LG Electronics Co. Ltd. announced it will hold a "National Texting Championship" competition in order to promote its enV and V cellphones, which are...

Viacom sues YouTube and Google

Viacom is suing YouTube and Google for "massive intentional copyright infringement" of Viacom's entertainment properties. The suit was filed yesterday in the U.S. District...

Sprint Nextel plans tweaks to music, video services

Sprint Nextel Corp. will bulk up its music and video offerings for its Vision and Power Vision data subscribers beginning next month.The carrier, in...

NBC to offer on-demand TV shows through MobiTV

NBC Universal said it will expand its partnership with MobiTV to offer on-demand hit television shows such as "The Office" and "Heroes" over U.S....

Revol trials ad-supported wireless service

Regional, flat-rate carrier Revol has started testing an advertising-supported wireless service that allows users to get a discount on their monthly bills if they...

New Wi-Fi device promotes opening TV ‘white space’

A group of high-tech and electronic companies is set to deliver to the Federal Communications Commission a Wi-Fi device it says can operate in...

‘Insatiable consumer appetite’ to make mobile content worth $35B by 2011

The market for enabling premium mobile content will grow to $7.4 billion by 2011 as consumers demand richer media on their mobile phones, according...

LG music phone hits Alltel

Alltel Corp. introduced a new phone from LG Electronics Co. Ltd, the AX8600. The flip phone features a 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, an expandable...

WFI stock plummets on financial woes

Investors fled San Diego-based Wireless Facilities Inc. in droves after the company announced an internal review of the company's stock-options granting practices as well...
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